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Prepare to live out a sci-fi fantasy at the Wu Shi Taiji Studio in London, where LEDs and swords (lights and sabres, if you will) come together with you as their soon-to-be master through a fun sparring and practice lesson with this LED Sabre Combat experience for one.

We all know what these swords really are, but as we don’t want to get on the wrong side of any film companies we are going to stick with calling them LED Sabres. You’ll be practicing with them in the style of a new martial art recognized by British Fencing and also by the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts so you can be sure you’re picking up proper stances as well as cutting and parrying techniques rather than flailing around with a stick like you used to as a kid – brought home by your fancy-looking sabre with its aluminium hilt and light-up cylindrical polycarbonate blade.

It’s based on an ancient form of Chinese sabre combat and historical European longsword techniques, with a touch of theatrics thrown in, with all the discipline and mindfulness that that brings with it. You’ll take part in a private one to one session of physical exercise, sparring and games, and feel free to dress up as your favourite character to really get in the mindset of a fully-fledged LED sabre warrior!

Been there, done that...

What happens on the day?

On arrival at the Silver Sabre studio in London 15 minutes ahead of your pre-booked lesson, you’ll meet your teacher for your private one to one session in the art of meditation, exercise and careful combat with an aluminium-and-polycarbonate LED Sabre over the course of your 1 hour lesson.

Validity

Your voucher is valid for 12 months from the date of issue

Please note you must have booked and taken your experience before the expiry date

Participant guidelines

Minimum age 16

Specific access needs should be discussed when booking

The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary

Availability

Your voucher is valid for 12 months.

The experience is available on selected weekends (approximately 6 times a year), subject to availability.

We recommend you book at least eight weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability, and once a booking has been made it cannot be cancelled.

Please allow 1 hours 15 minutes for the full experience, you are asked to arrive 15 minutes before the experience starts.

What about insurance?

The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.

A cancellation indemnity, subject to terms, is included with every voucher.

How it works

All you have to do is pay for the experience you wish to purchase and we’ll send a voucher and booking information to you or directly to the recipient, then you just need to check the info and book your experience.

Review by Chris

5 out of 5 stars

"Highly recommended"

Gift from my brother that exceeded my expectations. Faisal the instructor was such a lovely guy to talk with. The 1 hour went so quickly but other than being a lot of fun I really learnt a lot about myself and found the whole experience very rewarding. Have recommended this to friends and shall be going back again myself soon. Fantastic experience.

Review by Stephanie Saunders

2 out of 5 stars

"Completely NOT what is in the description"

The experience was actually good. HOWEVER it's a serious martial arts class rather than an introduction to it. The description says 'come dressed up and have fun', the reality is that there was a lot of talking and no play and you MUST be dressed in sports clothing!If you want an introduction into this form of martial arts, this will be great, But if you're looking to have fun and play around with sabres; this isn't the experience for you.

Stephanie Saunders02 October 2018

Reply from Becky @ Virgin Experience Days

in reply to Stephanie Saunders

Hi Stephanie,Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review.We're pleased to hear that you enjoyed the experience overall, but apologise that it was not what you were expecting. We always try our hardest to ensure that our literature is as informative as possible, but we really do appreciate constructive feedback such as this to help us improve and manage customer expectations.

Review by Thom

Review by Tim

5 out of 5 stars

"Amazing experience and educational too!!"

I walked in to the LED Sabre experience expecting 2 hours of waving around a LED sword and making the sound effects to go with it...what I got was so much more than that. An instructor very passionate about his art who used the time to not only let us wave LED sabres around, but teach us about our body and the way we use it, teaching about the way we stand and move to help in day to day life. An amazing experience and a priceless lesson learnt!!